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Show An Advertifement, touc~ing the Contro~ erfieJ Temporis; Religion hath par~s, whi~h belong tb Eternity, and p,trt/ which pertain to Time: And tf we dtd but kno)V-., t~e vertue ofG le'n ce, and ilownef~ to fp e-ak, commended by Samt James ; O ur con.tro·verftes, of themfelves, would clofe up, and grow t?gether. Sut n1ofr efpecially, if we would leave:~ the Ov~rween mg, ~ ~d Turbulent Humo\lrs, of thef~ 'times; And revtve, _t~ e bleficd proceeding, of the Apoftl~,, and Father .I'; o!the Pri'mtltrv:-c/m;-ch; which was in the like and greater Cafes, not to enter II~U:> Af f er/ions, and rojtio1u, but to deliver •Counfel's, :lnd. Advijes; we fl1ould need no other Remedj a't all; Si eade11JConjuluJ_ (frater,)qute . ~ffirmas, confolenti debet1~r Reverentia, cum non deke~~ Hr Fider offirmanti: Brothc:r,ifthat whtchyo1e{et down, as ttn .A/fer'lron> ytm w!Jr!'d deliver, by way of Advife; '1 here were Reveren:e due to your Cmmje.l, whereas Faith is 11ot due·to yrntr Affirmation. Sa tnt PtiHl, was con Pent, to f peak thus, Ego, nfln Dominus; I, and not the Dord: 'E t, fecun du·mCrnifilium meum; AccQtai'ng to my ('OTJnfcJl: But now, Men do~ too lightly,fay; Non ego Jed ~m_in~ j N~t T?but the Lord: yea,and l1ind it with an Heavy Debunctatton'Of hts Jndgements,to terrifieth~ timple· which ~ave not fufficiently ·underfl:ood) out of Sal(}mon; That ;he Cauji:lejfe Cur.fefbalt nflt come. Therefore, feeing the :Acciqents are they, which breed the periJ, and ·not the Things themfelve~, it\ their ~Wn Nature; It is m~et, the Reibedies, be applyed unto them, by Openidg, what it is on either part, that keepeth theW ound Green; And formalizeth both fides-, to a fu\ ther Oppofition; and worketh, an Indif poG~ioo, in Mep~ minds,~ be reurti ted; wherc:in no Ac~u- . fation is pretended. But I fin-d m Reifon, that Peace, 1-s befr bmlt, upon a R.epetition,of wrongs·; And in. Example~ that the (peeches which have been made.) by the·wifdt Men, De Concordia Ordi~ um, have not abfraineo,1 from ·reducing to Mem-ory, the Extremities, ufed on both parts: ·So as It is true, which is faid ; ffj_ui pacem 1-rafJ11t non 'h rope'tit Co1zditionibus Dijfidii .r., 11 magis Ani ! mos Hominum, du!cedine prrcis faOit, qttam £quitate C0111ponit. And Firftof all:> it is mort: then Time, that there were an End;) , and fu rfeance, made, of this lmmodefi, and Defornted, m. nner of Writing;) lately entertained; whereby, Mdtter of Religion) is handloo,. ia the fiile of tlie Stage. Indeed, bitter, and earn eft, Writing, mufi not ha{tily, be condemned; For Men cannot con'tend Co1d1y, and without affedion, about Things, which they hold Dear,1nd Pre~ious. A Po.llitick Man, may write, from · hi's Brain, wiihdut Touch, and Senfe, of his Heart; As in a Speculatio~, :.that a ppertaineth not unto him: But, a Feeling chri/ han, will exprefie,in his words, a charaller,of Zeal, or Love .. The latter of which, as 1 could wifh rather embraced, being more proper f~r thefe Time-s, yet is the·F-orm..er warranted alfo.; by great Exampks._ · But to lea 'V'e,all 'R.eve.l'en~,and Religious, Com paffion, towards Evils, or·lndignation towards Faults; -and to tutn, Religr01z in: to ~--~~--------------~==~=---~~--~----------- of the Church, of England. r65 - , ------ to a Comedy, orSatyre; To fearch, and rip up wounds, vvith a La~ghing Coun'tenance; To intermi~, Scripture, and fcurrility fometime, in one Sentence; Is a thing, far from the devout Re~ verence, of a 'Chriftian, and fcant befeeming, the honefr Re. gard, of a fober Man. Nonefl:11tajorConfujio, qu~m Serii, & Joci. There is no greater Co'!fufto~, t·henthe confounding, of Jeft and Ear-. 1 nefl. The Majefty of Religion, and the Contempt, ~nd Deformity, or thihgs ridiculous, are things a.s difr-a'nt, as things may be. Two principall Caufe;, have I ever known, 'Of Atheif;ne; C11.rious con. ~rove!fler, and prophane Sc~lfing: ~ow, that thefe two~a~e joyned In' one, no doubt, that Sect, will make n{) fmall Progre1fion. And here, I do much efieem, the Wifdome, and R.eltgion, of that Bijhop, which replied, to the firl1 Pamphlet, of this kind, whd remembred, that a Fool, was to be an{wered, bntnot, by becomming like unto him; And confidered)the Matter, which he handled, and not the P'f!ijbn, with whmn he de.1lt. Job, fpeaking of the MaJPfly, and Gr4vity of a Jitdge, in himfelf faith; If I did fmile,they believed it not: As if hw fhould have faid; If I diverted, org anced, UP'OD Conceit of Mirth, yet Mens Minds, were fo poffetfed, with a Reverence, of the Action in hand, as they could not receive it. Much more, ought not thi! to be, amongfi Bljbopr, and.qivinu, difputiog a'eoUtHo!y Thingr • . And thetefofe, as much, do I millike, the Invention of him) who, (as it feerneth,)pleafed himfelf in it,as in no mean Pollicy; That thefe iWen, are to be dealt wirhall at their own Weapon.t, and, pledged in their own Ct~p. This feemed to him, as profound a Devife, as when the Cardinal! Sanfovino, counfelled )z!lius the feconti, toencountertheCoun~llof Pifa, with the Councell of La- teran; Or a'S Lawfull a <!:hallenge, as Mr. Jewell made, to confine the pre'tendedCatholiqnes, by the Fathers: Butthofe Things, will' t16t excufe, the Imitation , of Evill in another. It iliould be, contrariwife, with us, as cifar faid; Nil malo, qtttrm eos Jimiles ejJe Jiti, 1!.t me mei- ~ut now; Dum d~ h'tmi~ cohtendim1u, de Malis eonfenti»JUJ: 1¥hile we Differ about good thtngs, we Refe»tble in evil/. Surely, if I were asked, of thefe Men, who were the more to be blamed, I fhould, pet cafe, remeii\b.er the Proverb; 1 hat th~ [eco11d Blow ntafteth the Fray; And the faytng of an Obfcure Fellow; !J2!!.i replicat, mu!tiplicat: He_ that ~eplieth, flt1tltiplieth. ~u~,! would determine, the ~eflion, With thts Sentence; . Alter prm.crprum M_a· lo dedit, alt.er-.i1Iodm1t abflltlit: By the ones 111eans, we have a Eegzn. ning) dnd by the other, we Jhall have none End. . And truly as I do marvell that fome of thofe Preachers whtch ' , . r c. call for Reformation;( whom I am far from wron~mg;1o 1ar, as to joyn them, with thefeScoffers;) Do not, publtlli fori?-e.Declar~tion, whereby they may fatisfie the world) that. they dtllikc.theu Caufe~ fhould be thu~ f6'llicited ; So I hope, a_ffurttl_l~) tha~ my Lords of the clergy, have none Intelligence, wtth thts Intetl~bel-1 !_!ng |